ROCHESTER — "It's wonderful, absolutely wonderful," said John Foley about the arrival home of his son, James, after being held at detention centers in Libya for more than a month.

When speaking Sunday with John Foley about when his son would return to the Lilac City, he joyfully confirmed James had made it home safe.

"He's taking a breather this weekend," said Foley.

John Foley would not say exactly his son arrived home and said James would not be doing any interviews until he worked something out with GlobalPost.

James Foley, a journalist with Massachusetts-based GlobalPost, was captured by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi and held captive from early April to mid May.

Foley and Clare Gillis, another journalist who was captured, told Global Post that they made their way to a rebel-held area on April 5 where they had planned to spend the night just east of Brega at a rebel camp.

The journalists said they exited a vehicle and were met with bullets as troops in armored Libyan military trucks began firing at them.

Global Post reported that Foley and Gillis were physically abused before being handcuffed with electrical cords. The journalists were detained and brought to various detention locations by Gadhafi forces for six weeks.

Though multiple release dates were proposed for Foley and Gillis, the Foley family remained hopeful that their son would be making his way home soon and would arrive safely.

Their wish was granted on May 18 when the freelance journalists were released, making their way across the Tunisia border to safety.

"It's an amazing feeling of freedom to be in Tunisia. Just to be able to walk to a car and know that we're not going to another detention center or trial is a relief," James Foley told GlobalPost after he and Gillis were released.